Dewey Defense: 15 Reasons to Doubt the Prosecution’s Case

As the Dewey & LeBoeuf trial winds down, lawyers for the defunct law firm’s onetime leaders are giving their final pitches to jurors in a bid to keep their clients out of prison.

Elkan Abramowitz, the attorney for Dewey’s former chairman, Steven Davis, took the listicle approach to closing arguments this week. Over the course of several hours, he walked jurors through his 15 reasons to doubt the Manhattan district attorney’s office’s case.